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Chapter 47 Important clues

Originally, Ye Ke thought that it must be the Minister of the Ministry of Justice who sued the old emperor, but after careful thought, he realized that he didn't have to do this, and he didn't come to the door to arrest people violently, he was just asking a question. Naturally, there is nothing unknown.

Ye Ke fooled around a few words before being driven away by the old emperor, but before leaving, Emperor Xianzong's words made her a little uncomfortable.

"You have to take a good road and don't go to the wrong door."

Ye Ke pretended to be confused with understanding, and said that she could find the prisoner and left. In fact, she also knew in her heart that the old emperor must have thought that she and Zhu You were biased towards the Xilin Party members. Ye Ke didn't want to. seen.

If a case is judged on the basis of right and wrong, that would be the best, but once it is put on the court and involves party disputes, then the truth of the case will become unimportant. This is why Ye Ke doesn't like the court very much. reason.

Returning to the criminal punishment department, Zhu You had been waiting at the gate of the reminder office early.

"Why does the emperor want you?"

"Have a meal!"

"I'm afraid it's more than that. What else did he say to you?"

It's not good for a man to be too smart, and it's not easy to be fooled. Ye Ke told the truth helplessly, but Zhu You's face turned ugly, and he began to curse rarely.

"What kind of clique faction is that shit? I'm not a place for party strife. I don't want to be anyone's pawn. Damn it. I just want the truth. If anyone stops me, it doesn't matter what Xilin Party or Donglin Party you are. I will be good." I'll let you have a pot of blood!"

Ye Ke didn't have a hippie smile to comfort her, but she had a very gratifying smile on her face, because that's why she fell in love with Zhu You. Such an attitude is the integrity that an official in charge of Xing Prison should have.

"Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely help you with all my strength!"

It has been six days since Yunqi left for Qingyuan County and has not returned yet, but today, a maid came to the Tixing Yamen. She claimed to be the maid of the Ministry of Punishment, named Xiaocui.

Zhu You and Ye Ke met her immediately, and when she saw Zhu You, she knelt down and said that she had an important case report.

"Xiao Cui, what do you have to report?" Zhu You asked Ye Ke to help her up and asked.

Xiao Cui was small and said: "Master Ti Xing, this servant is the girl who is responsible for cleaning the courtyard. A few days ago, when your Lord He Ye came to ask, this servant overheard your conversation. In fact, that actor named Xiangyun On the day he was murdered, the maidservant saw the master take a small boat from the other side of the Yangliu River back to the manor via a painting boat!"

Hearing this, Zhu Youhe Yeke's eyes froze.

"Really? Tell me in detail!"

The maid named Xiaocui carefully sat down on the chair, and then slowly said: "It's like this, the servant girl has always been in charge of cleaning the backyard. It was after noon that day, around Shen time, and the backyard was blown because of the wind. , the ground was covered with dead leaves, and the maid was cleaning the courtyard. While dumping the dead leaves, the servant saw a middle-aged man in Tsing Yi standing on the embankment on the other side of the Yangliu River, boarding a small boat. Soon I rowed to a painting boat in the river, and then, the painting boat leaned against a small ferry here, and then, the middle-aged man in Tsing Yi got off the boat, and only then did I see clearly That's the master."

Zhu You frowned, never expecting that it was the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, but he still didn't fully believe Xiaocui's words.

"Oh? Tell me about the details of his disembarkation, or what's special about it?"

Xiaocui thought for a while, and then suddenly said: "Oh, the boat just paused for a moment, and the master got off the boat. It seemed that he didn't want to be discovered. He moved quickly and rushed into the backyard by the hull of the boat. Wearing a blue cloth bag, bulging, looking hurried."

cloth bag!

There is a high probability that there is silver in that cloth bag!
There was some surprise in Zhu You's eyes, but he concealed it immediately, and said calmly, "Since you heard about the conversation that day, it has been four or five days, why did you report it now? And why did you have to report it now? Report? Do you know what you are going to face?"

This question is very acute. Where does a maid have the courage to come to counsel her master? The general thinking would be to rot this matter in her stomach so as not to cause trouble.

A look of struggle flashed across Xiaocui's face, and then she said: "This servant also wanted to rot this matter in her stomach, struggled for several days, and couldn't sleep well all night, but, Xiaocui worked for Shangshu Mansion The slave was not what Xiaocui wanted. Xiaocui was originally the maidservant of the former Minister of Dali Temple, Mr. Hong. Afterwards, my master was wronged and died. It was Qi Zhengyang who brought people to search the house. If you become a secretary, or you will become a maid in the Qi mansion, doing the most humble job and being bullied by others."

Hearing that the former Minister of Dali Temple, Zhu You's face flashed suddenly, and he was the victim of party disputes again.

"Xiao Cui just wants to ask Lord Zhu, that when the murderer is punished, Xiao Cui can be freed!"

After finishing speaking, Xiaocui shrank from the chair to the ground and knelt down, her voice full of misery.

"Okay! This officer has promised you. You will stay in the criminal punishment department for the time being. Don't go back to Qi Mansion. You may be wronged temporarily and stay in prison for a while. Don't worry, I will let the jailer arrange it for you." .” Zhu You nodded.

Ye Ke stepped forward to hold Xiao Cui's hand and helped her up again, "My lord has already promised you, don't kneel down, by the way, I have another question."

Xiaocui wiped away her tears and said, "Sir, please tell me."

"You are in charge of cleaning the backyard. How did you overhear our conversation in the hall that day?"

As soon as this question came out, Zhu You's eyes suddenly narrowed, and his eyes became a little inexplicable.

"That day, the maid who was originally in charge of serving in the front hall fell ill, Madam arranged for me to serve in the front hall temporarily, don't you remember? I was the one who informed Cui Zhiye to come here that day."

After listening, Ye Ke thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Okay, you go down first."

Afterwards, a yamen servant came to take Xiaocui down, Zhu You asked Ye Kefa at this moment: "Master Ye, is she telling the truth?"

Ye Ke nodded and said: "It should be true. When I helped her up just now, I felt a lot of calluses on the palms of her hands. It must be caused by sweeping the floor with a broom all the year round. As for whether she is a criminal servant , and whether she is a servant girl of Qi Mansion, this needs to be determined by adults."

Finally, a clue came, and it was such a shocking clue, without further ado, Zhu You immediately sent someone to verify Xiao Cui's identity, and the result was: correct!
"Now it seems that the murderer is very likely to be the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, which is troublesome!" Zhu You said with an ugly face.

(End of this chapter)